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Symbol FZD9 contributors: mct - updated : 24-08-2011
HGNC name frizzled homolog 9 (Drosophila)
HGNC id 4047
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SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
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FZD9-siRNA could represent a useful therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatoblastoma (HB)
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • Fzd9(-/-) mice display low bone mass caused by impaired bone formation
  • Frizzled 9-null mice had generally normal gross anatomical hippocampal organization but showed large increases in apoptotic cell death in the developing dentate gyrus